Flipped car stops traffic on Highway 64

from staff reports

Published: Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 5:34 p.m.

Last Modified: Sunday, April 7, 2013 at 5:34 p.m.

A single-car accident briefly halted traffic both ways on U.S. Highway 64 in Edneyville Sunday morning. Three people were transported to Park Ridge Health with injuries that were not life-threatening, officials said.

Amber Jackson, 18, of 490 McMinn Road was charged with careless and reckless driving as a result of the wreck, said Trooper Michael Hinnenkamp of the N.C. Highway Patrol.

Jackson was driving west around 9:30 a.m. “at a high rate of speed” when she ran off the right shoulder near the intersection of U.S. Highway 64 and Ida Rogers Drive, Hinnenkamp said.

She overcorrected, crossed both lanes of traffic, ran off the left shoulder and struck the end of a guard rail, which caused the car to flip “end over end,” he said.

The car came to a rest facing east, on all four wheels, but it was down an embankment close to a creek. “You had to look off the bridge to see the car,” Hinnenkamp said.

Traffic was stopped in both directions for about 10 or 15 minutes while emergency workers attended to victims.

Passengers Xavier Raines, 23, of Fletcher – who was in the front passenger seat without a seat belt on – and Lucretia Logan, 23, of 12 Stoney Ridge Court in Edneyville, were both “conscious and alert” at the hospital, Hinnenkamp said.

“I'd say they're all lucky to have sustained the minimal injuries they did,” Hinnenkamp said. “It could've been much worse than it was.”

Henderson County EMS, Henderson County Sheriff's Office and Edneyville Volunteer Fire and Rescue also responded to the accident.

<p>A single-car accident briefly halted traffic both ways on U.S. Highway 64 in Edneyville Sunday morning. Three people were transported to Park Ridge Health with injuries that were not life-threatening, officials said.</p><p>Amber Jackson, 18, of 490 McMinn Road was charged with careless and reckless driving as a result of the wreck, said Trooper Michael Hinnenkamp of the N.C. Highway Patrol. </p><p>Jackson was driving west around 9:30 a.m. “at a high rate of speed” when she ran off the right shoulder near the intersection of U.S. Highway 64 and Ida Rogers Drive, Hinnenkamp said. </p><p>She overcorrected, crossed both lanes of traffic, ran off the left shoulder and struck the end of a guard rail, which caused the car to flip “end over end,” he said.</p><p>The car came to a rest facing east, on all four wheels, but it was down an embankment close to a creek. “You had to look off the bridge to see the car,” Hinnenkamp said. </p><p>Traffic was stopped in both directions for about 10 or 15 minutes while emergency workers attended to victims.</p><p>Passengers Xavier Raines, 23, of Fletcher – who was in the front passenger seat without a seat belt on – and Lucretia Logan, 23, of 12 Stoney Ridge Court in Edneyville, were both “conscious and alert” at the hospital, Hinnenkamp said.</p><p>“I'd say they're all lucky to have sustained the minimal injuries they did,” Hinnenkamp said. “It could've been much worse than it was.”</p><p>Henderson County EMS, Henderson County Sheriff's Office and Edneyville Volunteer Fire and Rescue also responded to the accident.</p>